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The Daily Journal’s weekly college football preview section | Saturday, November 17, 2012

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GAMEDAY: WEEK 12

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2012

Today MISSISSIPPI STATE

Turkey games arrive ahead of turkey day

Record: 7-3 e’re getting close to the Today: Home vs. Arkansas (4-6) end of the regular season TV: 11:21 a.m., SEC Network – next week will do it for The buzz: The Bulldogs will try teams in the SEC – and I to end their three-game skid but face a Razorbacks team that has have some observations that seem timely today. dominated this series – 15 of Or, possibly, I never did settle on last 17, with three wins in a row. one topic to write about. Whichever.

Coverage starts: On Page 4 First off, the non-league games on OLE MISS today’s schedule are so awful that Record: 5-5 it’s the best argument yet for a nineToday: at No. 8 LSU (8-2) game conference schedule.

TV: 2:30 p.m., CBS It’s hard to know where to start, The buzz: The Rebels will get a but let’s try fourth-ranked Alabama national stage as they seek – (9-1) against Western Carolina (1-9). for the third weekend in a row – It’s the “other game” in a split SEC a sixth win and bowl eligibility.

Network broadcast, so you most Coverage starts: On Page 3 likely won’t be subjected to that.

All five of the league’s ranked SOUTHERN MISS teams are playing opponents from Record: 0-10 the FCS – the “division formerly Today: Home vs. UTEP (2-8) known as I-AA,” as our Parrish AlTV: 7 p.m., CBS Sports Network ford likes to put it.

The buzz: It’s the last chance for All five of those games should be this Golden Eagles team to win total mismatches.

And four of them – along with one for the home fans in 2012.

Read more: On Page 9

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Sports editor: John L. Pitts Page design: Daily Journal staff, assisted by Scott Burden Sports staff: Parrish Alford (Ole Miss beat writer), Brett Brown, Brad Locke (MSU beat writer), Gene Phelps, Brandon Speck.

On the cover: Dennis Johnson of Arkansas watches the football bounce away after a fumble against South Carolina last Saturday. (AP photo by Rainier Ehrhardt.)

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Auburn’s game against Alabama A&M – are being shown on pay per view. It’s going to be like buying a Mike Tyson fight back in the 1980s.

Except ... Tyson JOHN L. did get beaten, quite unexpectedly, PITTS

by Buster Douglas. I watched that live from Japan on HBO, quite stunned, in my swinging bachelor pad back in 1990.

So it’s possible one of these teams will have a puncher’s chance today, if one of the SEC teams gets caught thinking ahead to next week – both for the turkey and the rivalry games.

The last game of the day, Samford at Kentucky, may hold the greatest possibility of an upset, simply because the Wildcats are so awful and their assistants have probably spent

John L. Pitts (john.pitts@journalinc.com) is sports editor of the Journal

FIVE GAMES TO WATCH

STANFORD AT OREGON: Here’s the biggest game of significance on a pre-holiday weekend schedule in which a lot of major-college teams are playing turkeys.

Stanford’s bruising style presents an interesting challenge for a fast-paced Oregon team that is battling significant injuries on defense.

SOUTHERN CAL AT UCLA: Just as important as the rivalry being relevant again – both teams are ranked – is the fact the game is being played at noon instead of at

night. USC has lost only once in the series since 1998, that classic 13-9 upset of 2006.

KANSAS STATE AT BAYLOR: The second-ranked Wildcats, who got so close to the first Bowl Championship Series title game in 1998, are two wins from clinching a berth in this year’s game. Today’s game is dangerous only because it could be a trap two weeks before K-State closes the season at home against Texas.

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But wait, there’s more: • What happened to the fuss about hitting guys in the head on tackles? We had a couple of highprofile suspensions early in the season – one for Ole Miss – and then ... nothing. Has it stopped, or did the zebras get bored and move on?

• Take a quick look at our weekly SEC rankings on Page 5. For the first time this season, all three of us have picked different teams as the league’s best. And Alabama and Texas A&M are tied for first.

• I keep hearing the SEC is pushing for a Thanksgiving night TV game in future seasons – after the fashion of the previous MSU-Ole Miss series – but it’s more likely to involve LSU and new league members Texas A&M. If it happens at all.

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could take a big hit the next two weeks.

Western Carolina is 0-8 in the subdivision Southern Conference while Auburn is 0-7 in the SEC. What choice does Alabama have other than to win both games convincingly?

WAKE FOREST AT NOTRE DAME: The Fighting Irish (10-0) face one more hurdle to be unbeaten for their Nov. 24 visit to Southern Cal. Notre Dame is boxed out of the national title picture at the moment but is all but assured a BCS bowl berth.

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ON TV TODAY

11 a.m.

Iowa at Michigan, ESPN N’western at Mich. State, ESPN2 Fla. State at Maryland, ESPNU UCF at Tulsa, Fox College Sports Yale at Harvard, NBCSN 11:21 a.m.

Arkansas at Mississippi State, SEC Network (WCBI, WLMT) 12:30 p.m.

Washington at Colorado, FX 1 p.m.

Bethune-Cookman vs. Florida A&M, ESPN Classic 2 p.m.

South Florida at Miami, FSS Southern Cal at UCLA, Fox 2:30 p.m.

Ole Miss at LSU, CBS N.C. State at Clemson, ABC Ohio State at Wisconsin, ESPN2 Duke at Georgia Tech, ESPNU Texas Tech at Oklahoma State, Fox College Sports Wake Forest at Notre Dame, NBC Colorado St. at Boise St., NBCSN SMU at Rice, CSS 6 p.m.

Tennessee at Vanderbilt, ESPN2 Syracuse at Missouri, ESPNU Samford at Kentucky, CSS Oklahoma at West Virginia, Fox Iowa State at Kansas, FSS ODU at James Madison, NBCSN 7 p.m.

Kansas St. at Baylor, ESPN Stanford at Oregon, ABC 9:30 p.m.

BYU at San Jose State, ESPN2 Arizona at Utah, ESPNU All times Central

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Red-zone success crucial for Rebels today DEPTH CHARTS: Page 7 KEYS TO THE GAME: Page 8

lowed on average.

Ole Miss (5-5, 2-4 SEC) will make its third attempt

BY PARRISH ALFORD at gaining bowl-eligibility.

DAILY JOURNAL The Rebels let a golden opportunity slip through BATON ROUGE, La. – Hugh Freeze their grasps last week Wallace talks about the need for Ole Miss to run against Vanderbilt when the football to keep from being one-dithey led 23-6 but lost 27mensional, but one of his top receivers 26 when the Commodores scored with 52 thinks the passing dimenseconds remaining.

OLE MISS sion may be all the Rebels Ole Miss rushed for only 55 yards. The AT LSU need. passing game, mostly, helped the Rebels Ole Miss, among the top make repeated trips to the red zone, but rushing teams in the SEC earlier this sea- Vanderbilt forced Ole Miss to kick field son, has averaged just 1.68 yards per goals of fewer than 30 yards three times. carry over the last three games and has Players know they will have to score been held below 100 rushing yards each touchdowns to have a chance today. The time.

Vanderbilt game lingered into the week The Rebels will try to reverse that trend for quarterback Bo Wallace. this afternoon at 2:30 against No. 8 LSU “It weighs on your mind walking to (8-2, 4-2 SEC) at Tiger Stadium. The class. I’m sitting there thinking about the Tigers rank in the national top 10 in every four or five things I could have done to defensive category including No. 7 get us in the end zone one of those times against the run with 97.2 yards a game al- in the red zone,” he said.

Wallace passed for 403 yards, the fifthhighest single-game total in school history. He had no interceptions but had only one touchdown pass, that a 9-yarder to Vincent Sanders on the Rebels’ first possession after Vanderbilt fumbled three plays after the opening kick.

“If the running game is not there, we know the passing game is there,” said JaMes Logan, who had a career-high 160 yards on eight catches against Vanderbilt.

Ja-Mes Logan “We’re going to have to start throwing it Ole Miss wide receiver more than we’ve been throwing it.”

‘If the running game is not there, we know the passing game is there. ... We’re going to have to start throwing it more than we’ve been throwing it.’

BUILDING CONFIDENCE

Wallace completed 31 of 49 attempts.

There were several drops that kept him from a higher completion percentage, but overall it was a solid effort by a group of receivers that seem to be growing in chemistry and confidence.

Aside from Logan, Sanders had five catches for 96 yards, Donte Moncrief eight for 74, and Korvic Neat five for 45.

Logan, who found himself matched up

with a linebacker when Moncrief drew double coverage, is confident the passing game can carry a bigger load if needed.

“After the game we didn’t know Bo threw for over 400 yards with no turnovers. It’s really hard to not win with no turnovers and 400 yards. That’s really unheard of,” he said.

TODAY’S GAME AT A GLANCE

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Where: Tiger Stadium (92,400), Baton Rouge Kickoff: 2:30 p.m. Television: CBS Radio: Ole Miss Network; Sirius 92, XM 199 Records: Ole Miss 5-5, (2-4 SEC), LSU 8-2 (4-2) Series: LSU leads 57-39-4. Last season: LSU, 52-3.

Coaches– LSU: Les Miles, 83-20 at LSU (eighth season), 111-41 overall (12th season). Ole Miss: Hugh Freeze, 35-12 overall (fourth season) 5-5 at Ole Miss.

Statistical leaders – LSU: RB Jeremy Hill 92-477 6 TDs. QB Zach Mettenberger 155 for 236 passing, 1,990 yards, 10 TD, 4 INT. WR Jarvis Landry 40 catches, 401 yards, 3 TD. LB Kevin Minter 90 tackles, 11.5 TFL, 3 sacks. Ole Miss: RB Jeff Scott 150-680, 6 TDs. QB Bo Wallace 183 for 279 passing, 2,249 yards, 12 TD, 10 INT. WR Donte Moncrief 47 catches, 614 yards, 5 TD. S Cody Prewitt 67 tackles, 2 INT, 4.5 TFL; LB Denzel Nkemdiche 66 tackles, 11.5 TFLs, 4 FF. Trends: Ole Miss won back-to-back games in the series in 2008 and 2009. LSU won the six games prior and has won the last two.

Notes: Ole Miss has just three players from Louisiana on its roster: versatile offensive back Randall Mackey, CB Louis Covington, OL Ethan Hutson. Covington has seen an increased role of late and started against Vanderbilt.

Summing it up: “One of the earliest memories I have is sitting in the stands and hearing exactly how Ole Miss fans felt about LSU. You always remember the Billy Cannons and all of those things.

It’s quite clear to me the rivalry that this is and how well Ole Miss usually plays LSU. When I was here before, I remember us going down there in a difficult part of our season, but our kids took them to double overtime. We were just a fumble away from winning that game.” – Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze Prediction: LSU, 36-15.

Parrish Alford

OLE MISS

www.olemisssports.com S1 Central Arkansas W, 49-27 S8 UTEP W, 28-10 S15 Texas L, 66-31 S22 at Tulane W, 39-0 S29 at Alabama L, 33-14 O6 Texas A&M L, 30-27 O13 Auburn W, 41-30 O20 Open date O27 at Arkansas W, 30-27 N3 at Georgia L, 37-10 N10 Vanderbilt L, 27-26 N17 at LSU, 2:30 p.m.

N24 Mississippi State, 6 p.m.

LSU

S1 S8 S15 S22 S29 O6 O13 O20 O27 N3 N10 N17 N23

lsusports.net North Texas W, 41-14 Washington W, 41-3 Idaho W, 63-14 at Auburn W, 12-10 Towson W, 38-22 at Florida L, 14-6 South Carolina W, 23-21 at Texas A&M W, 24-12 Open date Alabama L, 21-17 Mississippi State W, 31-17 Ole Miss, 2:30 p.m. at Arkansas, 1:30 p.m.

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Senior class gets its due today in Starkville

BY BRAD LOCKE DAILY JOURNAL

Dan Mullen had a pretty good read on Chad Bumphis. Johnthan Banks was a little tougher to evaluate.

They’ve both turned out just fine for Mississippi State.

Bumphis starred at Tupelo, a Class 5A school at the time, ARKANSAS AT before signing MISSISSIPPI STATE with MSU in 2009.

Banks was also a member of that class, coming from tiny East Webster, a Class 1A powerhouse.

Both will be recognized with the rest of MSU’s seniors prior to today’s game against Arkansas. Most of these seniors were members of Mullen’s first signing class at State.

Mullen said it was tougher to evaluate Banks than Bumphis in high school.

“There weren’t many guys John was playing that were going on to play college football, so you’re kind of evaluating him

MISSISSIPPI STATE S1 S8 S15 S22 S29 O6 O13 O20 O27 N3 N10 N17 N24

www.hailstate.com Jackson State W, 56-9 Auburn W, 28-10 at Troy W, 30-24 South Alabama W, 30-10 Open date at Kentucky W, 27-14 Tennessee W, 41-31 Middle Tenn.

W, 45-3 at Alabama L, 38-7 Texas A&M L, 38-13 LSU L, 37-17 Arkansas, 11:21 a.m. at Ole Miss, 6 p.m.

ARKANSAS

www.arkansasrazorbacks.com S1 Jacksonville St. W, 49-24 S8 La.-Monroe, OT L, 34-31 S15 Alabama L, 52-0 S22 Rutgers L, 35-28 S29 at Texas A&M L, 58-10 O6 at Auburn W, 24-7 O13 Kentucky W, 49-7 O20 Open date O27 Ole Miss L, 30-27 N3 Tulsa W, 19-15 N10 at South Carolina L, 38-20 N17 at Miss. St., 11:21 a.m.

N23 LSU, 1:30 p.m.

gone on to become one of the school’s all-time greats at the position, recording 16 career interceptions, which has tied the school record.

Mullen didn’t know in 2009 whether Banks would have this sort of career. Neither did Banks.

“I never played against anybody like Chad coming out of high school – Chad and Chris Smith and Tyler (Russell), those type guys,” Banks said. “I really didn’t know what I was up for. But I got here, I worked hard, and I got myself to another level.”

MSU was the only four-year school to DESTE LEE | DAILY JOURNAL offer Banks. Bumphis, on the other hand, Chad Bumphis and other MSU seniors was highly sought and was seriously conmake their final home appearance today. sidering Florida. Then Mullen left his offensive coordinator’s post at UF to take on his own abilities really with nobody to over at MSU, and Bumphis followed. judge around him on where he is,” Mullen said Bumphis was the “bridge” Mullen said. “When we saw him, we to the rest of the 2009 signing class, bethought he’d be something.” cause he was the only prospect who Banks played several positions in high knew Mullen at the time. The two clicked school but settled in at cornerback. He’s early on in Bumphis’ recruitment when

TODAY’S GAME AT A GLANCE

Where: Davis Wade Stadium (55,082), Starkville.

Kickoff: 11:21 a.m. Television: SEC Network.

Radio: MSU Network; XM 202; Sirius 117.

Records: Mississippi State 7-3 (3-3 SEC), Arkansas 4-6 (2-4) Series: Arkansas leads, 15-6-1.

Last season: Arkansas won 44-17 on Nov. 19 in Little Rock. Tyler Wilson passed for 365 yards and three TDs for the Razorbacks.

Coaches – Arkansas: John L. Smith, 136-92 overall (19th year), 4-6 at Arkansas (first year); Mississippi State: Dan Mullen, 2820 (fourth year).

Statistical leaders – Arkansas: QB Tyler Wilson 195-320-10, 2,803 yards, 18 TDs; RB Dennis Johnson 116-639, 8 TDs; WR Cobi Hamilton 73-1,149, 4 TDs; LB Ross Rasner 74 tackles, 6.5 TFLs, 2.0 sacks, 3 INTs; DE Chris Smith 10.0 TFLs, 6.5 sacks.

Mississippi State: QB Tyler Russell 182-301-4, 2,249 yards, 17 TDs; RB LaDarius Perkins 153-804, 8 TDs; WR Chad Bumphis 43-676, 8 TDs; LB Cam Lawrence 87 tackles, 7.0 TFLs, 4.0 sacks; DE Denico Autry 7.5 TFLs, 3.0 sacks.

Trends: MSU has been held to less than 100 rushing yards each of the last three games. Arkansas is the only SEC team to record 11.0 TFLs in two league road games.

Notes: Arkansas is 11th in the SEC in scoring offense; it was first last year. Mullen is 6-9 in SEC home games during his career, and has the same road record. MSU is second in the SEC in sacks allowed (10), while Arkansas is third (15).

Summing it up: “They didn’t pull a Red Sox and dump the roster halfway through the season. They’re all still there.” – MSU coach Dan Mullen, on the Arkansas talent level.

Prediction: MSU, 34-24.

Brad Locke

Mullen was still at Florida.

His freshman year, Bumphis said teammates called him “Chad Mullen” because of how tight he was with his new coach.

“The national championship game, when (Florida) played Oklahoma, I texted him and asked him what the first play was, and he gave me like the first 10play sequence,” Bumphis said.

Banks, Bumphis and several other members of that 2009 class were forced to play right away out of necessity. It’s a special group to Mullen, who has gotten the Bulldogs bowl-eligible for the third consecutive season.

“They’ll always kind of keep that special place in my heart throughout my career of these are the first guys that believed in what we were trying to do here,” Mullen said, “and they’re going to leave as one of the most successful classes in school history.” brad.locke@journalinc.com

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EASTERN Georgia Florida South Carolina Vanderbilt Missouri Tennessee Kentucky WESTERN Alabama Texas A&M LSU Mississippi State Ole Miss Arkansas Auburn

SEC 7-1 7-1 6-2 4-3 2-5 0-6 0-7 SEC 6-1 5-2 4-2 3-3 2-4 2-4 0-7

SEC STANDINGS

PF 268 207 229 136 146 191 72 PF 254 254 119 133 148 130 81

PA 145 95 169 150 205 262 254 PA 90 39 102 168 174 192 223

All 9-1 9-1 8-2 6-4 5-5 4-6 1-9 All 9-1 8-2 8-2 7-3 5-5 4-6 2-8

PF 369 261 326 256 253 379 164 PF 370 431 302 294 295 255 173

PA 188 129 185 180 251 370 332 PA 111 213 155 214 277 300 284

2011 Home 8-2 5-0 5-5 6-0 8-2 6-0 5-5 3-2 5-5 3-3 4-6 3-3 4-6 1-5 2011 Home 9-1 4-1 5-5 2-2 10-0 6-1 5-5 5-1 2-8 3-3 9-1 3-4 6-4 2-4

Div. 5-1 5-1 5-1 2-3 2-4 0-4 0-5 Div. 4-1 5-1 3-1 1-3 2-2 1-3 0-5

T25 1-1 3-1 1-2 0-3 0-4 0-5 0-5 T25 4-1 3-2 3-2 0-3 0-3 0-2 0-4

Str. W4 W2 W2 W5 W1 L1 L8 Str. L1 W3 W1 L3 L2 L1 L1

T25 = Games against teams in Top 25 (AP, USA Today, Harris) at time of matchup

TODAY’S GAMES

Series Ark., 15-6-1 Alabama, 2-0 First meeting S.C., 18-4-0 First meeting Georgia, 4-0 LSU, 57-39-4 A&M, 10-0 UT, 73-27-5 Syracuse, 2-0 First meeting

Sagarin says MSU by 9 Bama by 63 Florida by 40 S.C. by 31 Auburn by 28 Georgia by 26 LSU by 13 A&M by 24 Vandy by 5 Missouri by 6 Kentucky by 6

Note: The Sagarin ratings appear online at USAToday.com

WESTERN CAROLINA AT NO. 4 ALABAMA

THE BUZZ: Alabama would like to get in a better mood after its first loss of the season. More meaningful games for the Crimson Tide will be happening elsewhere involving the three remaining unbeaten teams standing in the way of a national title shot.

Western Carolina (1-9), which plays in the NCAA’s championship subdivision, can dream of a monumental upset to end coach Mark Speir’s first season.

KEY FACTS: The Crimson Tide hasn’t lost back-to-back games since the SEC championship game against Florida and Sugar Bowl match with Utah to end the 2008 season. ... Western Carolina is 0-13 against Southeastern Conference teams, getting outscored 47-4 on average.

GEORGIA SOUTHERN AT NO. 5 GEORGIA

THE BUZZ: Georgia has already clinched a spot in the SEC championship game and is tuning up for its regular-season finale against Georgia Tech. The FCS Eagles are closing out their regular season after claiming a share of the Southern Conference title.

KEY FACTS: Georgia ranks fourth nationally in forcing three-and-outs, averaging 5.5 per game. ... The Bulldogs are trying to lock up their eighth 10-win season in Mark Richt’s 12 years as coach. ...

Georgia Southern is 0-19 against Football Bowl Subdivision schools, though there have been several close calls.

JACKSONVILLE STATE AT NO. 7 FLORIDA

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Tennessee fans react as their team loses at home to Missouri in the fourth overtime period.

LAST WEEK

Saturday, Nov 10 LSU 37, Mississippi State 17 Vanderbilt 27, Ole Miss 26 Texas A&M 29, Alabama 24 South Carolina 38, Arkansas 20 Georgia 38, Auburn 0 Missouri 51, Tennessee 48, 4 OT Florida 27, Louisiana-Lafayette 20 Off: Kentucky

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(All game times converted to Central) Matchup Kickoff TV Sirius/XM Arkansas at Mississippi State 11:21 a.m. SEC Network 117/202 Western Carolina (1-9) at Alabama 11:21 a.m. SEC Network 106/200 Jacksonville State (6-4) at Florida Noon PPV 104/201 Wofford (8-2) at South Carolina Noon PPV 92/199 Alabama A&M (7-3) at Auburn 1 p.m. PPV 112/198 Georgia Southern (8-2) at Georgia 12:30 p.m. PPV 137/197 Ole Miss at LSU 2:30 p.m. CBS 92/199 Sam Houston State (8-2) at Texas A&M 2:30 p.m. PPV 93/203 Tennessee at Vanderbilt 6 p.m. ESPN2 112/198 Syracuse (5-5) at Missouri 6 p.m. ESPNU 123/194 Samford (7-3) at Kentucky 6:30 p.m. CSS 92/207

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NEXT WEEK

Friday, Nov. 23 LSU at Arkansas, 1:30 p.m.

Saturday, Nov. 24 Georgia Tech at Georgia, 11 a.m.

Kentucky at Tennessee, 11:21 a.m.

Auburn at Alabama, 2:30 p.m.

Florida at Florida State, 2:30 p.m.

Mississippi State at Ole Miss, 6 p.m.

Missouri at Texas A&M, 6 pm..

South Carolina at Clemson, 6 p.m.

Vanderbilt at Wake Forest, TBA

THE BUZZ: Florida has a 50-game winning streak against teams outside the Bowl Championship Series. The Gators haven’t lost to anyone outside the six major conferences or Notre Dame since a 17-11 setback to Memphis State in 1988.

KEY FACT: Jacksonville State is 4-15 against teams from the Football Bowl Subdivision, with the last win coming at Ole Miss in double overtime in 2010.

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JOURNAL RANKINGS

Parrish Alford, Brad Locke and John Pitts rank the SEC after Week 11: Ranking (1sts) Last week T1. Alabama (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 T1. Texas A&M (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3. Georgia (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4. LSU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 5. Florida . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 6. South Carolina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 7. Mississippi State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8. Vanderbilt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9. Ole Miss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 10. Missouri . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 11. Arkansas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 12. Tennessee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 13. Auburn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 14. Kentucky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

KEY FACTS: A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel needs 34 yards to break the NCAA freshman record for total offense of 3,827 set by Jared Lorenzen of Kentucky in 2000. ... Sam Houston State is 3-25 in 28 meetings against FCS teams since ’86.

WOFFORD AT NO. 12 SOUTH CAROLINA

THE BUZZ: South Carolina is trying to finish undefeated at home for the first time since 1987. The Gamecocks have won 10 games in a row at Williams-Brice Stadium. Wofford is trying to beat a FBS team for just the second time in 15 tries.

KEY FACTS: The Terriers’ last win in the series was in 1917. ... Steve Spurrier is 47-0 in games against teams outside the BCS automatic qualifying conferences in his 23 season as a college coach.

ALSO TODAY

Tennessee at Vanderbilt: Vandy has four straight while the Vols are coming off a draining 4-OT loss to Missouri. Still, Tennessee could get bowl-eligible with wins today and next week against Kentucky.

Syracuse at Missouri: Mizzou has an 18-game winning streak in non-league SAM HOUSTON STATE home games. Syracuse has won just two AT NO. 9 TEXAS A&M of its last 13 non-conference road games THE BUZZ: Texas A&M has to guard against BCS opponents. against a letdown after last week’s 29-24 Alabama A&M at Auburn: Auburn, win over then-No. 1 Alabama. The Bearwinless in SEC games, could finish 3-1 in kats, who went to the FCS championship the nonconference part of its schedule. game last season, have already clinched a That won’t save anyone’s job. share of the Southland Conference title Samford at Kentucky: The last home this year and bring a seven-game winning game in a dreadful season for Wildcats.

AP, MCT streak into the game.

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Depth Chart: Bulldogs Based on the best pregame information available; subject to change.

OFFENSE

QB 17 15 RB 27 7 FB 23 35 LT 75 59 LG 61 66 C 63 55 RG 67 70 RT 77 78 TE 32 18 WR 19 16 WR 1 4 WR 8 3

Tyler Russell Dak Prescott LaDarius Perkins Nick Griffin Sylvester Hemphill Adrian Marcus Blaine Clausell Archie Muniz Gabe Jackson Ben Beckwith Dillon Day Dylan Holley Tobias Smith Justin Malone Charles Siddoway Damien Robinson Marcus Green Brandon Hill Arceto Clark Joe Morrow Chad Bumphis Jameon Lewis Chris Smith Brandon Heavens

DEFENSE DE 92 91 DT 97 93 DT 74 98 DE 90 96 LB 51 12 LB 50 52 LB 10 22 CB 13 24 SS 30 25 FS 5 38 CB 9 37

Kaleb Eulls Preston Smith Josh Boyd P.J. Jones

(6-4, 220, Jr.) (6-2, 230, R-Fr.) (5-10, 190, Jr.) (6-0, 225, So.) (5-11, 235, Sr.) (5-10, 225, Jr.) (6-7, 305, So.) (6-5, 290, So.) (6-4, 320, Jr.) (6-3, 300, So.) (6-4, 285, So.) (6-3, 295, Jr.) (6-3, 305, Sr.) (6-7, 315, R-Fr.) (6-7, 300, Jr.) (6-7, 315, So.) (6-1, 240, Sr.) (6-2, 235, So.) (5-10, 180, Sr.) (6-4, 205, R-Fr.) (5-11, 200, Sr.) (5-9, 185, So.) (6-2, 205, Sr.) (5-10, 175, Sr.)

(6-4, 280, So.) (6-6, 245, So.) (6-3, 300, Sr.) (6-3, 280, So.) Dewayne Cherrington (6-3, 325, Sr.) Curtis Virges (6-3, 305, So.) Denico Autry (6-5, 255, Jr.) Shane McCardell (6-5, 260, Jr.) Deontae Skinner (6-2, 245, Jr.) Chris Hughes (6-1, 225, Jr.) Benardrick McKinney (6-5, 235, R-Fr.) Ferlando Bohanna (6-0, 225, So.) Cam Lawrence (6-3, 230, Sr.) Matthew Wells (6-2, 215, So.) Johnthan Banks (6-2, 185, Sr.) Jamerson Love (5-10, 175, So.) Jay Hughes (5-11, 190, So.) Corey Broomfield (5-10, 180, Sr.) Nickoe Whitley (6-1, 205, Jr.) Dee Arrington (6-1, 215, So.) Darius Slay (6-1, 190, Sr.) Taveze Calhoun (6-1, 180, R-Fr.)

BRAD LOCKE’S COMMENTS Holds school single-season mark with 17 TD passes.

Missed last week’s game with quad injury.

Fullbacks have combined for six catches, 36 yards.

Has 14 career starts under his belt.

Has yet to give up a sack this season.

Has graded out a champion in eight of 10 games.

Has started three straight games, four of the last five.

Had a false start, gave up key sack last week.

His six TDs tied for second nationally among tight ends.

Has 12 catches for 139 yards last three games.

Has three 100-yard receiving games this season.

Has made at least three catches a game since Week 2.

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SEC RANKINGS

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MISSISSIPPI STATE

8th

Scoring offense (29.4 ppg)

8th

Scoring defense (21.4 ppg)

9th

Total offense (383.5 ypg)

8th

Total defense (379.3 ypg)

ARKANSAS

11th 5th Scoring offense (25.5 ppg)

Total offense (422.1 ypg)

12th 11th Scoring defense (30.0 ppg)

ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS OFFENSE WR 17 Brandon Mitchell Jr. 2 Julan Horton Jr. WR 11 Cobi Hamilton Sr. 19 Javontee Herndon Jr. WR 82 Mekale McKay Fr. 81 Demetrius Wilson Jr. TE 80 Chris Gragg Sr. 87 Austin Tate Jr. LT 69 David Hurd Jr. 70 Chris Springer So. LG 78 Tyler Deacon Sr. 75 Luke Charpentier So. C 64 Travis Swanson Jr. 65 Mitch Smothers So. RG 67 Alex Baily Jr. 75 Luke Charpentier So. RT 74 Brey Cook So. 71 Jason Peacock Sr. QB 8 Tyler Wilson Sr. 10 Brandon Allen R-Fr. RB 7 Knile Davis Jr. 33 Dennis Johnson Sr. FB 35 Morgan Linton So. 32 Jonathan Williams Fr.

DEFENSE E 86 Trey Flowers So. 41 Austin Flynn Jr. T 51 Alfred Davis Sr. 57 Jared Green Sr. T 54 Byran Jones Jr. 98 Robert Thomas Jr. E 42 Chris Smith Jr. 80 Colton Miles-Nash Sr. OLB 31 A.J. Turner Fr. 39 Jarrett Lake Jr. MLB 25 Terrell Williams Sr. 5 Otha Peters Fr. OLB 35 Ross Rasner Sr. 23 Kaelon Kelleybrew Sr. CB 8 Tevin Mitchel So. 13 Davyon McKinney R-Fr. S 14 Eric Bennett Jr. 38 Jerry Mitchell Jr. S 26 Rohan Gaines R-Fr. 27 Alan Turner So. CB 9 Will Hines Fr. 21 Darius Winston Sr. SPECIAL TEAMS K 18 Zach Hocker P 14 Dylan Breeding LS 53 Alan D’Appollonio KOR 33 Dennis Johnson 22 Nate Holmes PR 15 Keante Minor 22 Nate Holmes

Total defense (410.8 ypg)

Has made 10 tackles over last two games.

Has team-leading six QB hurries.

Has started three of the last four games, four total.

Leads team with 7.5 tackles-for-loss.

Has 51 tackles, 3.0 TFLs, three pass break-ups.

Second on team with 79 tackles.

Has team-best 87 tackles, including 15 last week.

MSU’s nominee for the Conerly Trophy.

In first career start last week, had three tackles.

Third on team with 71 tackles.

After four INTs in first three games, none since.

SPECIAL TEAMS

PK 40 53 P 39 KR 27 4 PR 13 1

Devon Bell (6-2, 185, Fr.) Has made 10 of 16 field goals.

Brian Egan (5-11, 210, Jr.) Baker Swedenburg (6-0, 185, Jr.) Averaging 41.5 yards per punt.

LaDarius Perkins (5-10, 190, Jr.) Jameon Lewis (5-9, 185, So.) Johnthan Banks (6-2, 285, Sr.) Averaging 9.8 yards on 10 returns.

Chad Bumphis (5-11, 200, Sr.)

MSU on area radio: Aberdeen, WWZQ-AM (1240), Amory, WAMY-AM (1580), Corinth, WKCU-AM (1350), Tupelo, WXWX-FM (96.3), West Point, WKBB-FM (100.9).

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LSU TIGERS OFFENSE QB 8 Zach Mettenberger Jr. 17 Stephen Rivers R-Fr. RB 11 Spencer Ware Jr. or 33 Jeremy Hill Fr. FB 44 J.C. Copeland Jr. 43 Connor Neighbors So. TE 88 Chase Clement Sr. 84 Nic Jacobs So. LT 68 Josh Dworaczyk Sr. 73 Chris Davenport Jr. LG 70 La’ei Collins So. 68 Josh Dworaczyk Sr. C 64 P.J. Longergan Sr. 55 Elliott Porter So. RG 74 Josh Williford Jr. or 56 Trai Turner R-Fr. RT 78 Vadal Alexander Fr. 55 Elliott Porter So. WR 82 James Wright Jr. 86 Kadron Boone Jr. WR 3 Odell Beckham So. 10 Russell Shepard Sr. WR 80 Jarvis Landry So.

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DEFENSE DE 49 Barkevious Mingo 89 Lavar Edwards DT 77 Josh Downs or 90 Anthony Johnson DT 18 Bennie Logan 9 Ego Ferguson DE 99 Sam Montgomery 89 Lavar Edwards LB 23 Lamar Louis 52 Luke Muncie LB 46 Kevin Minter 22 Ronnie Feist LB 57 Lamin Barrow 45 Deion Jones CB 28 Jalen Mills 32 Jalen Collins SS 6 Craig Loston 34 Micah Eugene FS 1 Eric Reid 26 Ronald Martin CB 24 Tharold Simon 13 Dwayne Thomas

Jr. Sr. Sr. So. Jr. So. Jr. Sr. Fr. Jr. Jr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. Jr. So. Jr. Fr.

SPECIAL TEAMS K 30 Drew Alleman 30 James Hairston P 38 Brad Wing 38 Jamie Keehn KR 42 Michael Ford 80 Jarvis Landry PR 3 Odell Beckham 80 Jarvis Landry

Sr. So. So. Fr. Jr. So. So. So.

SEC RANKINGS

7th

6th

10th 10th Total defense (386.0 ypg)

LSU

6th

Total offense (391.3 ypg)

3rd

2nd Total defense (262.9 ypg)

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OFFENSE

WR 12 88 LT 70 61 LG 72 68 C 56 61 RG 76 74 RT 71 77 TE 17 45 WR 10 85 WR 28 85 QB 14 11 RB 3 1 E

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Donte Moncrief (6-2, 217, So.) Cody Core (6-3, 191, Fr.) Emmanuel McCray (6-5, 319, Jr.) Derrick Wilson (6-3, 305, Jr.) Aaron Morris (6-5, 325, So.) Justin Bell (6-3, 337, R-Fr.) Evan Swindall (6-2, 300, Jr.) Ben Still (6-4, 295, Fr.) A.J. Hawkins (6-3, 315, Sr.) Jared Duke (6-7, 335, Jr.) Pierce Burton (6-7, 290, Jr.) Patrick Junen (6-6, 320, Jr.) Jamal Mosley (6-4, 260, Sr.) H.R. Greer (5-11, 222, Sr.) Vince Sanders (6-1, 190, So.) Ja-Mes Logan (6-2, 190, Jr.) Korvic Neat (5-9, 164, Jr.) Ja-Mes Logan (6-2, 190, Jr.) Bo Wallace (6-5, 210, So.) Barry Brunetti (6-0, 215, So.) Jeff Scott (5-7, 175 Jr.) Randall Mackey (5-11, 195, Sr.)

DEFENSE

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7th

Scoring offense (30.2 ppg)

Scoring defense (15.5 ppg)

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Based on the best pregame information available; subject to change.

Total offense (413.2 ypg)

Scoring defense (27.7 ppg)

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Depth Chart: Rebels

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Scoring offense (29.5 ppg)

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CB

10 38 95 92 94 99 55 33 52 15 4 20 28 13 21 19 7 5 25 8 3 21

C.J. Johnson (6-1, 231, So.) Jason Jones (6-3, 255, Sr.) Bryon Bennett (6-2, 294, So.) Carlton Martin (6-2, 288, So.) Issac Gross (6-3, 270, Fr.) Gilbert Pena (6-2, 326, Sr.) Cameron Whigham (6-2, 255, Jr.) E.J. Epperson (6-3, 253, Sr.) Mike Marry (6-2, 248, Jr.) Joel Kight (5-9, 222, Sr.) Denzel Nkemdiche (5-10, 197, R-Fr.) Aaron Garbutt (6-2, 200, Sr.) Mike Hilton (5-9, 175, Fr.) Brishen Mathews (6-0, 200, Jr.) Senquez Golson (5-9, 188, So.) Louis Covington (5-9, 162, Jr.) Trae Elston (6-0, 190, Fr.) Frank Crawford (6-1, 180, Jr.) Cody Prewitt (6-3, 210, So.) Chief Brown (6-0, 195, R-Fr.) Charles Sawyer (5-11, 175, Jr.) Senquez Golson (5-9, 188, So.)

SPECIAL TEAMS

PK 81 P 82 KO 81 HO 94 LS 59 KOR 6 21 PR 28 22

Bryson Rose Jim Broadway Bryson Rose Chris Conley Will Denny Jaylen Walton Senquez Golson Korvic Neat Philander Moore

(5-11, 202, Sr.) (6-0, 183, Sr.) (5-11, 202, Sr.) (5-8, 190, Jr.) (5-10, 240, So.) (5-8, 167, Fr.) (5-8, 182, So.) (5-8, 160, Jr.) (5-9, 188, Jr.)

PARRISH ALFORD’S COMMENTS Eight catches, 74 yards against Vanderbilt.

Ten starts this season.

Ten starts this season, 14 of last 16 games at LG. Ten starts this season, 19 career starts.

Ten starts this season; 26 career starts (15 at center).

Ten starts this season for junior college transfer.

Steps into starting spot after injury to Ferbia Allen Five catches, 96 yards and a TD vs. Vanderbilt.

Career-high 160 yards last week.

403 passing yards last week fifth-highest Ole Miss total.

Rebels held to fewer than 100 yards last three games.

3.5 sacks in last three games.

Fifteen tackles, 2.5 TFLs on season.

Two TFLs last week, 7.5 on season.

Recorded a sack against Vanderbilt.

Six tackles, TFL vs. Vanderbilt.

Leads team with 11.5 TFLs. Five tackles last week.

Drew first start last week.

Four tackles last week.

Team-high 7 tackles, 2 TFLs against Vanderbilt.

Four tackles, FR, PBU vs. Vanderbilt.

4 for 5 on FGs last week, missed from 52.

Six punts, 35.8-yard average last week.

16 touchbacks this season.

Gets the ball down quick and clean.

Consistent with his delivery.

2 returns, one for 44 yards last week.

3 returns for minus-5 yards last week.

Ole Miss on area radio: Amory, WAFM-FM (95.7); Corinth, WXRZ-FM (94.3); Holly Springs, WKRA-FM (92.7); Oxford, WQLJ-FM (93.7); Oxford/Water Valley, WTNM-FM (105.5) Tupelo, WWMR-FM (102.9).

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Scouting report: Arkansas at Mississippi State KEYS FOR VICTORY

1. COMMUNICATE. MSU’s secondary has been burned a few times in recent weeks, and the culprit – according to players and coaches – has been miscommunication. That is somewhat surprising for a group with so many veterans, like Johnthan Banks, Corey Broomfield and Nickoe Whitley.

Any such issues today could lead to big plays for Arkansas quarterback Tyler Wilson, who’s averaging 311.4 passing yards per game.

Arkansas has 44 passing plays of 20 or more yards, which ranks 13th in the country, and MSU has given up 13 such passing plays over the last three games.

Cornerbacks coach Melvin Smith said earlier in the week he thought the communication problem was “fixable” in practice.

2. REGAIN THE RUN GAME. State has struggled running the ball the last three weeks, averaging just 64 yards in losses to Alabama, Texas A&M and LSU. Falling behind early has been a problem, so it’s not all the offense’s fault.

Arkansas isn’t easy to run on, as it ranks fifth in the SEC in rushing defense, giving up an average of 119.7 yards per game.

Having starting tailback LaDarius Perkins back from a quad injury should give the run game a

boost, but MSU needs to get more out of backups Nick Griffin, Derrick Milton and Josh Robinson.

3. PRESSURE WILSON. MSU’s pass rush hasn’t been great this season (16 sacks), and the Razorbacks have protected Wilson well, giving up only 15 sacks. However, Arkansas has allowed 7.0 sacks over its last three games, while MSU’s defense has recorded that many over its last four games.

State can’t afford to let Wilson sit back in the pocket and do his thing. Last season, he shredded the Bulldogs to the tune of 365 yards and three touchdowns in a 44-17 Arkansas win.

WHAT TO WATCH

WHEN ARKANSAS HAS THE BALL Wilson hasn’t had the array of weapons at his disposal as he had last year. Receiver Cobi Hamilton has been carrying the load in the pass game, and he leads the SEC with 1,149 yards.

Still, Wilson has been effective and has 18 touchdown passes.

The rushing attack hasn’t been as strong as hoped. Tailback Knile Davis, a former 1,000-yard rusher returning from an knee injury, has only rushed for only 340 yards on 100 carries. Dennis Johnson leads the way with 639 yards and eight touchdowns.

WHEN MSU HAS THE BALL MSU hopes to regain the balance it had for much of the season. State has passed the ball more than it’s run only three times this season – the past three games, all losses.

Early deficits and the absence of Perkins were big factors, and for the first two games quarterback Tyler Russell struggled to carry the load. But he had a career-high 295 passing yards against LSU last week.

Senior receiver Chad Bumphis had nine catches for 140 yards, and he’s been productive for two consecutive games after a couple of quiet outings.

CRUCIAL MATCHUP

MSU DEFENSIVE END DENICO AUTRY VS. ARKANSAS OFFENSIVE LINE Autry has come on strong the last few weeks and seems due for a breakout game. The junior college transfer has 3.0 sacks this season and has become more active in opposing teams’ backfield.

Again, Arkansas has protected Wilson well, but letting him sit in the pocket, make his reads and find a rhythm could spell trouble. Autry could disrupt all that.

Brad Locke

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Arkansas QB Tyler Wilson is averaging over 300 yards per game, so turning up the heat on him is a key task for MSU’s defense.

Scouting report: Ole Miss at LSU KEYS FOR VICTORY

1. SLOW THE LSU RUN GAME While depth is an issue, one place the Rebels have been able to rotate players is the defensive line, and it’s begging to show.

Ole Miss is able to move tackles in and out, especially as redshirt freshman Woodrow Hamilton has returned from injury. Ends are moving in and out too.

Rested and healthy players on the front line need to set the tone slowing down the LSU run game and forcing the Tigers to throw. LSU has been successful in the passing game of late, but the body of work is less than it is with the Tigers with their depth at running back.

2. EXECUTE IN THE PASSING GAME It’s asking too much to believe the Rebels’ struggling running game will correct itself against LSU’s run defense.

If it does, that’s a bonus. Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze will keep taking shots in the run game so opponents can’t just AP pin their ears back and rush the passer.

Freshman RB Jeremy Hill The more likely scenario for Ole Miss has three of LSU’s seven success is for Wallace to make right 100-yard rushing efforts reads and be accurate and for his rethis season. ceivers to reduce or eliminate drops.

3.FINISH WITH TOUCHDOWNS If you’re kicking field goals of less than 30 yards, you’re messing up. Ole Miss settled for three chip-shot field goals in its one-point loss to Vanderbilt.

The Rebels have to execute on offense to get to the red zone, and when they’re there, they need to finish strong.

This isn’t a team that is going to blow people off the ball, particularly when the field shrinks, and the line of scrimmage is crowded.

When the offense is clicking the Rebels have been able to successfully attack the edge to get in the end zone. That happened twice at Alabama.

Maybe scoring touchdowns means coming up with a play or plays not yet seen on video, but the Rebels won’t pull an upset in Baton Rouge with short field goals.

WHAT TO WATCH

WHEN LSU HAS THE BALL The Tigers will run first, because that’s their strength. LSU averages 192.5 yards a game, fourth in the league.

The Rebels have had good success

against the run in their last two games.

They held Georgia to less than 4 yards a carry, Vanderbilt to just 2.9 yards a carry.

LSU coach Les Miles won’t hesitate to turn to an improving quarterback in Zach Mettenberger to test an Ole Miss secondary with little depth that is playing at less than full strength.

Mettenberger has thrown 110 straight passes without an interception.

WHEN OLE MISS HAS THE BALL Freeze would love to have some success in the run game to keep from being one-dimensional on offense.

The Rebels have been held below 100 yards rushing in each of the last three games, and LSU allows less than 100 rushing yards on average.

While it was only one-dimensional, the Ole Miss offense was pretty good in the passing game against Vanderbilt as Bo Wallace threw for 403 yards.

He had no turnovers, but had just one touchdown pass.

Ole Miss receivers seem to be peaking at a good time. Wallace and his receivers need to produce more touchdowns.

CRUCIAL MATCHUP

OLE MISS DEFENSIVE LINE AGAINST LSU RUNNING BACKS The Tigers have produced seven 100yard rushing games this season, three of them from freshman Jeremy Hill. LSU lists four running backs on its depth chart, three of which have started at least one game this year.

Ole Miss had good success in its run defense against Georgia and Vanderbilt, more against where it should be noted that started Zac Stacy left injured early in the game.

If the Rebels can control the run, they can force Mettenberger to win the game.

He may be up to the task, but the larger body of work says the running backs certainly are.

Parrish Alford

COMING MONDAY

Each Monday in the Daily Journal, Brad Locke (MSU) and Parrish Alford (Ole Miss) assess their keys for victory and take a look ahead to the next weekend’s games for the Bulldogs and Rebels.

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Winless Golden Eagles stumble into home finale

BY PATRICK MAGEE THE SUN HERALD (MCT)

HATTIESBURG – Southern Miss football coach Ellis Johnson’s demeanor has changed little this season as his team has stumbled to an 0-10 record, but it would be wrong to assume he hasn’t felt the strain of the worst UTEP AT season in school SOUTHERN MISS history.

USM defensive coordinator Tommy West, who had Johnson as his defensive coordinator when he was head coach at Clemson in the mid 1990s, describes Johnson’s style of coaching as always being “very calculated.”

“Ellis is a personality that’s not going to show you emotion, but I promise you there’s plenty in there and he’s hurting,” West said Monday. “I’m not trying to punch the sympathy vote, because I’m sure we wouldn’t get any right now, but he’s hurt.”

While Johnson has managed to keep

his cool in the eye of the storm, off and on to injuries, I have a emotions have boiled over for hard time figuring out how to many fans in recent weeks as the evaluate him. ... possibility of a winless season fol“Our problems right now are lowing a 12-2 campaign in 2011 not coaching. I don’t know if our becomes more realistic with each answers are coaching, but we’re week. going to evaluate all of that. It’s Johnson When the Golden Eagles lost the wrong message to send to their last home game, 27-19 to players or anybody in the proUAB on Oct. 27, there was an announced gram because it’s not going to solve anycrowd of 22,874 that appeared much thing. That’s something you always look closer to 12,000. to at the end of the year.”

In the sparse crowd, signs read “Fire Much like the football program, the Ellis” or spelled the first-year coach’s university as a whole is in transition. name with nine L’s – one for each loss at Aubrey K. Lucas is the interim presithe time. Fans booed and yelled at the dent at USM after the summer resignacoaches as they left the field. tion of Martha Saunders. And athletic Johnson is determined not to have a director Jeff Hammond is on a one-year reactionary response. contract set to expire in mid-2013.

“I’m not going to deal with that until Prior to this year, the USM football proafter the season,” Johnson said when gram had 18 consecutive winning seaasked if he anticipated staff changes. sons and 10 straight bowl games.

“There may be some by attrition by Johnson took over the program followchoice. There may be things we have to ing a 2011 Conference USA title under evaluate. When a coach loses four players former coach Larry Fedora, who is now at

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“To defend these players ... it’s been hard on them,” Johnson said. “When you go through system changes and all of a sudden six key players are gone early, it’s just tough. There is not a quick fix.”

QUARTERBACK TROUBLES

The biggest problem has been at the quarterback position where USM has started four different players and played five total. The USM quarterbacks have combined to throw just four touchdowns and 12 interceptions.

For Johnson and his players, the goal is a simple one in the final two games of the season against Memphis and UTEP, a pair of two-win teams.

“These are two winnable games that we have to finish up with, but it’s going to be a challenge to do it,” Johnson said.

“Hopefully, we’ll win a couple of games for the seniors. It would be a brighter offseason for the young guys, and it certainly doesn’t hurt recruiting.”

TONIGHT’S GAME AT A GLANCE

Where: Roberts Stadium (36,000), Hattiesburg Kickoff: 7 p.m. TV: CBS Sports Network Records: Southern Miss 0-10 (0-6), UTEP 2-8 (1-5) Series: Southern Miss 3-2 Last season: Southern Miss, 31-13 Coaches – Southern Miss: Ellis Johnson, 17-38 overall (fifth season), 0-10 at Southern Miss; UTEP: Mike Price 176-182 overall (31st season), 47-60 at UTEP 96th season).

Statistical leaders – Southern Miss: RB Desmond Johnson 82460-2; QB Anthony Alford 51 of 118, 554 yards passing, 0 TDs, 4 INTs, 96-295-6 rushing; WR Tracy Lampley 19-284-0, Francisco Llanos 19-185-0; LB Jamie Collins 80 tackles (55 solo), 18.0 TFLs, 9.0 sacks, 5 pass breakups. UTEP: RB Nathan Jeffery 150-726-4; QB Nick Lamaison 118 of 230, 1,437 yards passing 10 TDs, 9 INTs; WR Jordan Leslie 46-764-5, WR Michael Edwards 42-610-7; LB Josh Fely 92 tackles (37 solo), 4.0 TFL, 4 pass breakups.

Trends: Southern Miss, 0-4 at home this season, hasn’t had a winless home campaign since 1977. ... UTEP is 0-5 on the road this season and 7-23 on the road since 2007.

Notes: After a win by Massachusetts last weekend, Southern Miss is the last remaining winless major-college team. This is the first time a Golden Eagles team has lost 10 games. ... The depth charts for this week have at least 15 upperclassmen as starters – nine on offense and six or perhaps seven on defense. ... Mike Price’s official UTEP biography does not mention his brief tenure in 2003 as Alabama head coach.

Summing it up: “I keep trying to find something that I can do to figure out why we’re so bad at ball security and why we’re not creating more turnovers.” – Ellis Johnson, Southern Miss head coach. His team is minus-15 in turnover margin, Prediction: UTEP, 26-23.

John L. Pitts

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southernmiss.com at Nebraska L, 49-20 Open date East Carolina L, 24-14 at Western Ky. L, 42-17 Louisville L, 21-17 Boise State L, 40-14 at UCF, 2OT L, 38-31 Marshall L, 59-24 at Rice L, 44-17 UAB L, 19-27 at SMU L, 34-6 UTEP, 7 p.m. at Memphis, 3:30 p.m.

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www.utepathletics.com Oklahoma L, 24-7 at Ole Miss L, 28-10 New Mexico St. W, 41-28 at Wisconsin L, 37-26 at East Carolina L, 28-18 SMU L, 17-0 at Tulsa L, 33-11 Tulane W, 24-20 at Houston L, 45-35 Open date UCF L, 31-24 at Southern Miss, 7 p.m.

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State colleges: At a glance ALCORN STATE

League: Southwestern Ath. (NCAA FCS) Record: 4-6 (4-4 SWAC) Last week: Beat Texas Southern 34-24 Today: Home vs. Jackson State (6-4, 6-2) The buzz: Alcorn, which has won 3 of its last 5 games, insisted on playing the “Soul Bowl” matchup with JSU in Lorman this year rather than Jackson.

BELHAVEN

League: Mid-South (NAIA) Record: 6-5 (4-2 MSC) Last week: Lost 21-17 to Bethel Today: Season complete The buzz: The Blazers were stopped a yard short on a fourth-quarter goal-line stand when a victory would have given them the MSC West Division title. Bethel (8-3) made the NAIA playoff field. ... Saturday’s loss snapped a four-game winning streak.

DELTA STATE

League: Gulf South (NCAA Division II) Record: 3-7 (1-3 GSC) Last week: Lost 32-21 at Shorter Today: Season complete

The buzz: Junior Trevor Wooden finished the The buzz: The loss in their season-finale left regular season as the GSC leader in passthe Majors 3-2 at home and 4-1 on the ing (190.0 ypg), total offense (257.9 ypg). road. ... Birmingham Southern did not get ... It’s Delta’s first losing season since ’02. a bid to the D-III playoffs.

JACKSON STATE

League: Southwestern Ath. (NCAA FCS) Record: 6-4 (6-2 SWAC) Last week: Beat Alabama A&M 35-21 Today: At Alcorn State (4-6, 4-4) The buzz: The Tigers will clinch the Eastern Division title and a berth in the SWAC Championship game with a victory. ... JSU leads this series 41-24-1, including a 517 win last season. ... LB Ryan Griffin shared SWAC Defensive Player of the Week honors after scoring on a 35-yard fumble return – his second straight defensive TD – and making 10 tackles against A&M.

MILLSAPS

League: Southern Athletic (NCAA D-III) Record: 7-3 (3-1 SAA) Last week: Lost to Birmingham Southern 35-21 Today: Season complete

MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE

League: American Southwest (NCAA D-III) Record: 2-8 (1-6 ASC) Last week: Lost 59-0 to second-ranked Mary Hardin-Baylor Today: Season complete The buzz: Two Choctaws were first-team All-ASC picks: Junior DB Keith Villafranco and junior punter Craig McCraney.

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE

League: Southwestern Ath. (NCAA FCS) Record: 4-6 (4-4 SWAC) Last week: Beat Prairie View 22-20 Today: At Texas Southern The buzz: Freshman cornerback Kevin Haymore was named SWAC Newcomer of the Week after his effort against Prairie View – five tackles (one for loss) a pass breakup and two interceptions. He was making his first start.

From school reports

S1 S8 S15 S22 S29 O6 O13 O20 N3 N10 N17

ALCORN STATE (4-6) Grambling W, 22-21 at James Madison L, 42-3 Ark.-Pine Bluff* L, 24-6 at Arkansas State L, 56-0 Alabama State* (HC) L, 54-14 Southern* W, 20-17 at Alabama A&M* W, 21-20 at Prairie View A&M* L, 52-37 at MVSU* L, 33-9 Texas Southern* W, 34-24 Jackson State* 1 p.m. *–SWAC game

S1 S8 S15 S22 S29 O6 O13 O20 O27 N3 N10

BELHAVEN (6-5) at Cumberlands (Ky.) L, 21-10 Louisiana College L, 24-13 at Cumberland (Tenn.)* L, 36-30 Campbellsville* W, 70-28 at Virginia-Wise W, 52-14 Kentucky Christian L, 13-10 Bluefield* (HC) W, 66-10 at Lindsey Wilson* W, 35-7 at Faulkner* W, 35-0 Pikeville W, 24-14 Bethel* L, 21-17 *-Mid-South Conference game

S1 S8 S22 S27 O6 O13 O20 O27 N3 N10

DELTA STATE (3-7) Fort Valley State L, 31-23 at Elizabeth City State W, 26-7 North Alabama* L, 20-12 Abilene Christian L, 34-28 at Tarleton State W, 35-35 West Georgia* W, 33-24 at Valdosta State* L, 59-41 West Alabama* (HC) L, 37-7 at Univ. of Indianapolis L, 33-18 at Shorter* L, 32-21 *-Gulf South Conference game

S1 S8 S15 S22 S29

JACKSON STATE (6-4) at Mississippi State Tenn. State at Texas Southern* Southern* Prairie View A&M*

L, 56-9 L, 38-12 W, 45-35 L, 28-21 W, 34-13

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at Arkansas-Pine Bluff* at Alabama State* MVSU* (HC) at Grambling State* Alabama A&M* at Alcorn State*

L, 34-24 W, 37-34 W, 14-7 W, 53-17 W, 35-21 1 p.m. *–SWAC game

A30 S8 S15 S29 O6 O13 O20 O27 N3 N10

MILLSAPS (7-3) Mississippi College W, 23-17 at LaGrange W, 54-7 at Point W, 54-28 at Centre* W, 33-16 Huntingdon L, 45-24 Sewanee* W, 42-28 at Rhodes* W, 47-13 at Trinity (Texas) L, 35-24 Austin College W, 36-34 Birmingham Southern* L, 35-21 *-Southern Athletic Association game

A30 S8 S15 S29 O6 O13 O20 O27 N3 N10

MISSISSIPPI COLLEGE (2-8) at Millsaps L, 23-17 Webber International W, 31-24 at West Alabama L, 41-3 at Hardin-Simmons* L, 31-0 Sul Ross State* L, 75-42 at Howard Payne* L, 27-14 at Texas Lutheran* W, 24-21 Eaqst Texas Baptist* (HC) L, 34-24 Louisiana College* L, 70-28 at Mary Hardin-Baylor* L, 59-0 *-American Southwest Conference game

S1 S8 S15 S22 O6 O13 O20 O27 N3 N10 N17

MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE (4-6) Concordia College L, 20-19 at Alabama State* L, 29-7 at Southern* W, 6-0 at Northwestern State L, 45-14 Alabama A&M* (HC) L, 35-0 Grambling State* W, 45-21 at Jackson State* L, 14-7 at Ark.-Pine Bluff* L, 10-0 Alcorn State* W, 33-9 Prairie View A&M* W, 22-20 at Texas Southern* 1 p.m. *–SWAC game

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Oregon tries to avoid Alabama’s upsetting fate struck back with 52-31 and 53-30 victories in which the Ducks pulled away in the second half.

No. 1 team in the nation, playing Oregon comes in with all sorts of at home against a ranked divisional injuries nagging its defense. The rival with two losses on its record Ducks will likely be down to their and an elusive redshirt freshman third starting free safety, and they quarterback directing its offense. had five defensive linemen miss Sounds familiar. most or all of last week’s game.

Last week it was top-ranked AlStanford’s defense – led by lineabama losing to No. 15 Texas A&M backers Chase Thomas and Shayne to shake up the national champiSkov – has been one of the best in onship race. the nation, ranking ninth in yards Tonight, new No. 1 Oregon hosts per play (4.48) and sacks (42).

No. 14 Stanford, look“They’re good against the run, TOP 25 ing to avoid a repeat. they’re good against the pass,” OrePREVIEW The Tide’s loss has gon Coach Chip Kelly said. “I think left the Ducks, second it’s a huge challenge for us offenin the BCS, and No. 2 Kansas State, sively getting matched up against first in the BCS, on course to play what will be the best defense we’ve for the national championship. faced so far.”

The Wildcats have what looks like an easier task this weekend – a RUSSO’S PICKS game at Baylor (4-5).

No. 1 Oregon 45, No. 14 Stanford 28 No. 3 Notre Dame plays Wake No. 2 Kansas State 55, Baylor 31 Forest (5-5), hoping to stay unNo. 3 Notre Dame 38, Wake Forest 14 beaten while the Cardinal or Bears No. 4 Alabama 70, Western Carolina 0 perhaps can pull an upset. No. 4 Al- No. 5 Georgia 48, Georgia Southern 24 abama needs two upsets to get Wisconsin 28, No. 6 Ohio State 24 back into the front row.

No. 7 Florida 42, Jacksonville State 10 The Ducks seem to face a similar No. 8 LSU 35, Ole Miss 14 situation as the Tide last week.

No. 9 Texas A&M 58, Sam Houston 17 New quarterback Kevin Hogan No. 10 Florida State 45, Maryland 7 has invigorated Stanford’s offense, No. 11 Clemson 45, N.C. State 21 first in an easy victory against ColNo. 12 South Carolina 38, Wofford 17 orado, and then in last week’s huge No. 13 Oklahoma 48, West Virginia 24 win against Oregon State.

No. 15 Oregon State 28, California 13 Hogan was 22 for 29 for 254 yards No. 16 Nebraska 45, Minnesota 17 against the Beavers. He’s not quite No. 21 Southern Cal 35, No. 17 UCLA 28 A&M’s Johnny Manziel, but he did No. 19 Louisiana Tech 40, Utah State 38 run for 49 yards on 11 carries.

Cincinnati 21, No. 22 Rutgers 16 The Ducks have dominated the No. 23 Michigan 24, Iowa 14 rivalry historically, but only reOklahoma State 38, No. 23 Texas Tech 31 cently with Stanford’s rise to power No. 25 Kent State 34, Bowling Green 28 has it become a huge game on the West Coast. A wild one, too.

Stanford beat the Ducks 51-42 in Last week: 19-2 2009. The last two seasons Oregon Season: 182-37

BY RALPH D. RUSSO ASSOCIATED PRESS

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2012

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TODAY’S NATIONAL SCHEDULE EAST

Temple (3-6) at Army (2-8), 11 a.m.

Yale (2-7) at Harvard (7-2), 11 a.m.

Towson (6-4) at New Hampshire (8-2), 11 a.m.

Indiana (4-6) at Penn St. (6-4), 11 a.m.

Maine (4-6) at Rhode Island (0-10), 11 a.m.

Monmouth, N.J. (4-5) at Robert Morris (4-6), 11 a.m.

Sacred Heart (2-8) at St. Francis, Pa. (4-6), 11 a.m.

Duquesne (5-5) at Wagner (7-3), 11 a.m.

Virginia Tech (4-6) at Boston College (2-8), 11:30 a.m.

Columbia (3-6) at Brown (6-3), 11:30 a.m.

Penn (5-4) at Cornell (4-5), 11:30 a.m.

CCSU (2-7) at Albany, N.Y. (8-2), noon Bryant (4-6) at Bucknell (2-8), noon Colgate (7-3) at Fordham (6-4), noon Holy Cross (1-9) at Georgetown (5-5), noon Lehigh (9-1) at Lafayette (5-5), noon Dartmouth (5-4) at Princeton (5-4), noon Buffalo (3-7) at UMass (1-9), 2 p.m.

Villanova (7-3) at Delaware (5-5), 2:30 p.m.

Texas St. (3-6) at Navy (6-4), 2:30 p.m.

Oklahoma (7-2) at West Virginia (5-4), 6 p.m.

SOUTH

Tennessee Tech (3-7) at Austin Peay (1-9), 11 a.m.

Houston (4-6) at Marshall (4-6), 11 a.m.

Florida St. (9-1) at Maryland (4-6), 11 a.m.

Western Carolina (1-9) at Alabama (9-1), 11:21 a.m.

Arkansas (4-6) at Mississippi St. (7-3), 11:21 a.m.

Marist (3-6) at Campbell (1-9), noon San Diego (6-3) at Davidson (2-8), noon Jacksonville St. (6-4) at Florida (9-1), noon Delaware St. (6-4) at Howard (6-4), noon Drake (7-3) at Jacksonville (7-3), noon Valparaiso (1-9) at Morehead St. (3-7), noon Hampton (2-7) at Morgan St. (3-7), noon Wofford (8-2) at South Carolina (8-2), noon The Citadel (6-4) at Furman (3-7), 12:30 p.m.

Presbyterian (2-8) at Gardner-Webb (2-8), 12:30 p.m.

Georgia Southern (8-2) at Georgia (9-1), 12:30 p.m.

Savannah St. (1-9) at S.C. State (4-6), 12:30 p.m.

Liberty (5-5) at VMI (2-8), 12:30 p.m.

Richmond (7-3) at William & Mary (2-8), 12:30 p.m.

Jackson St. (6-4) at Alcorn St. (4-6), 1 p.m.

Alabama A&M (7-3) at Auburn (2-8), 1 p.m.

Florida A&M (4-6) vs. Bethune-Cookman (8-2) at Orlando, Fla., 1 p.m.

Elon (3-7) at Chattanooga (5-5), 1 p.m.

SE Missouri (3-7) at Murray St. (4-6), 1 p.m.

N.C. A&T (6-4) at N.C. Central (6-4),1 p.m.

Memphis (2-8) at UAB (3-7), 1 p.m.

South Florida (3-6) at Miami (5-5), 2 p.m.

Tennessee St. (8-2) at UT-Martin (7-3)2 p.m.

N.C. State (6-4) at Clemson (9-1), 2:30 p.m.

Charleston So. (5-5) at Coastal Carolina (6-4), 2:30 p.m.

Duke (6-4) at Georgia Tech (5-5), 2:30 p.m.

Ole Miss (5-5) at LSU (8-2), 2:30 p.m.

Middle Tenn. (6-3) at South Alabama (2-8), 2:30 p.m.

Arkansas St. (7-3) at Troy (5-5), 2:30 p.m.

East Carolina (6-4) at Tulane (2-8), 2:30 p.m.

Utah St. (8-2) at Louisiana Tech (9-1), 3 p.m.

North Texas (4-6) at Louisiana-Monroe (6-4), 3 p.m.

Old Dominion (9-1) at James Madison (7-3), 6 p.m.

Western Kentucky (6-4) at La.-Lafayette (5-4), 6 p.m.

Tennessee (4-6) at Vanderbilt (6-4), 6 p.m.

Samford (6-3) at Kentucky (1-9), 6:30 p.m.

Lamar (4-7) at McNeese St. (6-4), 7 p.m.

UTEP (2-8) at Southern Miss (0-10), 7 p.m.

MIDWEST

Kent St. (9-1) at Bowling Green (7-3), 11 a.m.

Rutgers (8-1) at Cincinnati (7-2), 11 a.m.

Iowa (4-6) at Michigan (7-3), 11 a.m.

Northwestern (7-3) at Michigan St. (5-5), 11 a.m.

Miami (Ohio) (4-6) at Cent. Michigan (4-6), noon N. Dakota St. (9-1) at Illinois St. (8-2), noon E. Michigan (1-9) at W. Michigan (4-7), 1 p.m.

Indiana St. (7-3) at Youngstown St. (6-4), 1 p.m.

South Dakota (1-9) at S. Dakota St. (7-3), 2 p.m.

W. Illinois (3-7) at S. Illinois (5-5), 2 p.m.

Purdue (4-6) at Illinois (2-8), 2:30 p.m.

Minnesota (6-4) at Nebraska (8-2), 2:30 p.m.

Wake Forest (5-5) at Notre Dame (10-0), 2:30 p.m.

Ohio St. (10-0) at Wisconsin (7-3), 2:30 p.m.

Missouri St. (3-7) at N. Iowa (4-6), 4 p.m.

Iowa St. (5-5) at Kansas (1-9), 6 p.m.

Syracuse (5-5) at Missouri (5-5), 6 p.m.

SOUTHWEST

UCF (8-2) at Tulsa (8-2), 11 a.m.

MVSU (4-6) at Texas Southern (2-8), 1 p.m.

Prairie View (3-7) at Ark.-Pine Bluff (8-2), 2:30 p.m.

Texas Tech (7-3) at Oklahoma St. (6-3), 2:30 p.m.

SMU (5-5) at Rice (4-6), 2:30 p.m.

Sam Houston St. (8-2) at Texas A&M (8-2), 2:30 p.m.

E. Illinois (7-3) at Cent. Arkansas (8-2), 5 p.m.

Northwestern St. (4-6) at Stephen F. Austin (4-6), 6 p.m.

Kansas St. (10-0) at Baylor (4-5), 7 p.m.

FAR WEST

Washington (6-4) at Colorado (1-9), 12:30 p.m.

North Dakota (5-5) at Northern Colorado (4-6), 1:05 p.m.

Washington St. (2-8) at Arizona St. (5-5), 2 p.m.

Southern Cal (7-3) at UCLA (8-2), 2:05 p.m.

Colorado St. (3-7) at Boise St. (8-2), 2:30 p.m.

Montana St. (9-1) at Montana (5-5), 2:30 p.m.

Nevada (6-4) at New Mexico (4-7), 2:30 p.m.

Wyoming (3-7) at UNLV (2-9), 3 p.m.

Eastern Washington (8-2) at Portland St. (3-7), 3:05 p.m.

UTSA (6-4) at Idaho (1-9), 4 p.m.

The Roadrunners of Texas-San Antonio are in only their second season of play, having gone 4-6 last year.They’re led by Larry Coker, the former Miami coach.

Weber St. (1-9) at Idaho St. (1-9), 5 p.m.

Sacramento St. (6-4) at UC Davis (3-7), 5 p.m.

Cal Poly (8-2) at Northern Arizona (8-2), 5:05 p.m.

Stanford (8-2) at Oregon (10-0), 6 p.m.

Arizona (6-4) at Utah (4-6), 9 p.m.

California (3-8) at Oregon St. (7-2), 9:30 p.m.

BYU (6-4) at San Jose St. (8-2), 9:30 p.m.

Times converted to Central

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